Thank you so much for this. I was introduced to Black Books by one of my friends going "Sit down and watch this now! Disfunctional men in love!"

I lived in fear that they would take Fran and make her be involved with one of the guys - I'm happy to hear that they never did so, as I saw only the first season on TV.

I've read all of the stories on the links you posted and I'm pining for more.